Display-support.



PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

R. W. LANTZ. DISPLAY SUPPORT.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 4, 1904.

Inventor Witnesses Attorney UNITED STATES Patented February 14, 1905' PATENT OEEICE.

ROY W. LANTZ, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR'OF ONE-HALF TO JOS. SOHULTE, OF TAYLORVILLE, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N... 782,346, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed January 4, 1904. Serial No. 187,696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROY W. LANTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Taylorville, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Supports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in display supports or hangers.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger which is particularly adapted for supporting and displaying shoes by connecting the same together and suspending them in strings of any desirable length.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which will be adjustable, strong, inexpensive, and 'well adapted to the use for which it is designed.

Tith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination,and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended. claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the books on an enlarged scale.

Referrlng to the drawings more part1cu-' larly, 1 denotes the hanger,which is preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent or folded upon itself to form two members 2 and 3, which are bent near their folded ends to form a right-ang'ularly-disposed hook 4:. Immediately above the hook 4 the members 2 and 3 are twisted together for a short-distance, as at 5, and are then bowed or bent outwardly in opposite directions, as at 6, then bent inwardly to cross each other, as at 7. The ends of the members then diverge outwardly and slightly upwardly and are then bent upwardly, as at 8, and inwardly, as at 9, to form gripping-jaws 10, the. ends 11 of which are beveled or sharpened to engage the object to be supported.

are suspended in line.

in any desired manner, but is primarily in- 5 tended to be used to support the same suspended in a string, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and when so used the jaws 10 are engaged with the edges of the shank portion of the shoe-sole just in advance of the heel, while the hooked end of the hanger en gages the pulling-strap of the next shoe below. This arrangement may be continued indefinitely until the desired number of shoes The pulling-strap of the top or uppermost shoe may be connected to the ceiling of the show-windowor other support by means of a hook 12 or in any other suitable way. These strings may be hung to display the front, rear, or eitherside- 5 of the shoes, and when hung to display a front view thereof the hangers or supports 1 will be hidden by the shoes, as will be seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By connecting the grippingjaws of the hangers at different 7 places along the edges of the shoe-soles the angles at which the shoes hang may be varied.

In the construction of the hanger as here inbefore described it will be seen that the gripping-jaws may be sprung apart or adjusted to accommodate all sizes of shoes. The spring action of the members 2 and 3 causes the jaws to tightly grip the soles of the shoes.

While the device is shown and described as a support for displaying shoes in strings, it

ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A supporting device or hanger having a laterally-extending hook at its lower end and ends of said members and inspringing grip-' ping-jaws formed at the opposite end thereof, said jaws having terminal hooks to take over the edges of the sole ofa shoe, substantially as described.

3. A supporting device or hanger, consisting' of a rod or wire, bent upon itself to form two members, a hook formed on the folded end of said members, the opposite ends of which form spring arms, and inspringing gripping-jaws formed on the ends of said spring-arms, said jaws having terminal hooks to take over the edges of the sole of a shoe, substantially as described.

4. A supporting device or hanger, consisting of a single piece of wire bent or folded upon itself to form two members, a hook formed on the folded end of said members above which the same are twisted together. op positely-projecting bulges or bends formed in said members above said twisted portion, diverging arms formed above said bulges or bends, and gripping-jaws having beveled or sharpened engaging ends, formed on the ends of said arms, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROY W. LANTZ.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. MILLS, PAULINE WILKINSON. 

